Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction 9) Fantastic large portrait photo

9) Fantastic large portrait photo of Schmidt wearing his blue Kriegsmarine jacket with his arm in a sling

Eagle embroidered in silver bullion wire

the one D-ring attached to a free-moving slider to the left of the buckle

light fraying from storage

and for successful peacetime command

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction 9) Fantastic large portrait photo(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension loop